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Idealistic Thought and the Remains of the Day The novel, Remains of the Day poses as the memoirs of an elderly British butler, Mr. Stevens, who is taking a motoring journey across England to visit the former housekeeper of his staff. Through the nostalgic reminiscing of this character, the reader slowly comes to realize that Stevens has served in the household of an important aristocrat, Lord Darlington, a figure who played - in the fictional world of the novel - a major role in formulating the British policy of appeasement towards the Nazis. This Darlington, in the post-war period in which the novel is set, was publicly excoriated for these unofficial diplomatic activities, and has recently died. As Stevens travels across the country, he wrestles with the guilt he feels over his own role in helping Darlington undertake his diplomatic activities, and tries to reconcile his portrait of Darlington as...

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